The global life insurance market reached its all-time peak in 2021 before contracting in 2022. In 2022, total direct premiums in the life insurance industry amounted to approximately 2.8 trillion U.S. dollars, a decrease from the previous year. Nevertheless, total direct premiums written in the global life insurance industry more than doubled between 2006 and 2022.
Total direct premiums written in the life insurance industry worldwide from 1980 to 2022
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Swiss Re. (June 21, 2024). Total direct premiums written in the life insurance industry worldwide from 1980 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253723/life-insurance-total-direct-premiums-written-worldwide/
Swiss Re. "Total direct premiums written in the life insurance industry worldwide from 1980 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 21, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253723/life-insurance-total-direct-premiums-written-worldwide/
Swiss Re. (2024). Total direct premiums written in the life insurance industry worldwide from 1980 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253723/life-insurance-total-direct-premiums-written-worldwide/
Swiss Re. "Total Direct Premiums Written in The Life Insurance Industry Worldwide from 1980 to 2022 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253723/life-insurance-total-direct-premiums-written-worldwide/
Swiss Re, Total direct premiums written in the life insurance industry worldwide from 1980 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253723/life-insurance-total-direct-premiums-written-worldwide/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Total direct premiums written in the life insurance industry worldwide from 1980 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Swiss Re, June 21, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253723/life-insurance-total-direct-premiums-written-worldwide/
